Each year on February 27, International Polar Bear Day draws attention to one of the Arctic’s most powerful predators, the polar bearUrsus maritimus. These large marine mammals rely on sea ice to hunt ...
In a warming world, the polar bear has become the unofficial mascot of ecological collapse. We’ve all seen the photos of these majestic predators reduced to skin and bone, clinging to ever-shrinking ...
Polar bears are intensely curious animals. That curiosity often brings them into contact with people and can put both species at risk from one another. As the Arctic climate warms, some polar bears ...
The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway. The effects ...
Most apex predators avoid humans - but a few species see us exactly as we are: another source of food. From polar bears stalking Arctic settlements to Nile and saltwater crocodiles ambushing at the ...
Something surprising has been happening to polar bears. Those living in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago, have been gobbling up hundreds of birds' eggs and looking healthier than they have in the ...
Land-based diets provide a counterintuitive nutritional void that fails to replace marine-derived fats. Researchers utilized satellite telemetry to uncover why Western Hudson Bay populations are ...